Like many Western artists of past and present, Zheng Qiu Biao is
both a painter and a sculptor, but more in the traditional sense of
Chinese artist. He is a painter, in the traditional Chinese
watercolor genre and calligraphy, and he is a sculptor of Chinese teapot
art, both traditional and original award-winning design.

Zheng Qiu Biao is also a traditional Chinese watercolor painting artist,
and the writing on this teapot is a description of a traditional
painting scene. The original design, not only won first prize 2007
Yixing Handmade Ceramic Competition and the golden prize in the 2008
Nanning Teapot Exhibition, but also was collected by the Chinese
Nationality Art Treasure Museum, in 2008.

It is a beautiful and creative teapot with its non-standard shape,
calligraphy, and the carvings of the Emperor's carriage along the
bottom, and it is also quite large, 1500 cc's, the largest teapot in our
gallery.

$3,000

$1,400

1500cc

350cc

Size

87.

Bamboo Handled zisha clay teapot by Zheng Qiu Biao, Yixing, China

We had been looking for an artist who makes a teapot in this style, and,
finally, we found Zheng Qiu Biao.

The teapot is dome shapes with bamboo decoration, and the handle it made
to look like a bamboo stalk. It is a classic design.

$1,700

250cc

84.

Square-round zisha teapot by Zheng Qiu Biao, Yixing

The shape of this teapot is very cute. It has a square design with
rounded corners and extended feet. It has the look of some kind of
primitive animal sculpture. Its triangular lid pull adds to the
interesting profile.

Zheng makes it in two different colors (click on teapot picture to see
hyperlink page):
a purple one done in qing shui clay and a blackish one, in gao hei clay
(black and purple clays mixed together).

$1,000

250cc

8.

Lucky Cloud teapot by Zheng Qiu Biao, Yixing

We liked, not only the deep blue color of this teapot, but also its
simple traditional and three-legged design. It has a classic
teapot shape.

$900

200cc

9,

Half-Moon teapot with Chinese calligraphy by Zheng Qiu Biao, Yixing

This, along with another, was collected by the Chinese Nationality Art
Treasure Museum. It also won a gold prize in the 2008 Chinese
International Tea Exhibition in Beijing. All told, it has several
hundred Chinese characters, etched into its surface by Zheng Qiu Biao,
who is also known for his calligraphy painting. The words from
Buddhist sutras and talk about the importance of honesty.

$1,500

250cc

82b.

Stone Dipper (Yellow) by Zheng Qiu Biao, Yixing

This trapezoidal profile is a classic shape from the Qing Dynasty.
We especially liked it done in yellow clay, which gives it such a cheery
look.

$900

300cc

82a.

Stone Dipper teapot with calligraphy by Zheng Qiu Biao, Yixing

This trapezoidal profile is a classic shape from the Qing Dynasty.
The Chinese calligraphy, carved into the sides, is also done by Zheng
Qiu Biao, who is also known for his calligraphy painting.

This won an award for Biao and is also the same style teapot by Gu Jing
Zhou, an artist from the early part of the 20th century that recently
sold for $2 million at auction.

This pillar of words is etched with Chinese characters from Buddhist
sutras. Although some teapot artists have calligraphy carved into
their teapots by calligraphers, rather than attempting it themselves,
Zheng Qiu Biao is also know for his traditional Chinese water color and
calligraphy paintings, too. Thus, he performs all of this
intricate writing himself. This is a stout teapot with less
standard lines.